I'm a British biologist working with a team of scientists in Antarctica.

At the moment the lowest temperature we've experienced is minus 27.5 degrees but it will get a lot colder and it's dark most of the day.

We have constant contact with the rest of the world via telephone and emails. We also get daily newspapers printed out from the internet. This sort of contact, in terms of world affairs, is very brief but the BBC gives us a wonderful mode of getting more in-depth information about breaking stories.

It's nice to know we aren't the only 24 people on the planet. Dr. Elanor Bell

We also pick up SW radio signals and listen to BBC World Service news broadcasts and current affairs programmes. Or we access the BBC internet site.

To listen to different reports from different cultures makes us feel less isolated, especially now that it's winter and we can't have any physical contact with people in the 'real' world.

Just knowing people are still out there means the most to us regardless of what the report is about. It's nice to know we aren't the only 24 people on the planet.

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